by Emily Grason | Nov 21, 2017 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Site Spotlight: Iverson Spit Site: Iverson Spit (516) Region: Camano Island Launched: August 2015 Sampling at site 516 is a walk in the park, but only literally. On the shore of northeast Camano Island, volunteers at Iverson Spit County Park walk the Hobbit...
by Jeff Adams | Nov 21, 2017 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Creature Feature: Burrowing Shrimps Species Name: Multiple species of Thalassinidea Size: Varies by species, but can be up to 6″ (150mm) Distinguishing Features: “Lobster-like” shrimp – dorso-ventrally flattened with large abdomen and broad tail fan. Hairy...
by Emily Grason | Nov 21, 2017 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Green Crab: Declawed It sounds like a koan, one of those paradoxical riddles meant to clear your mind: What is a crab without claws? It turns out a crab without claws is probably…pretty hungry. Crabs use their claws (termed “chelipeds” by crab biologists) much as we...
by Emily Grason | May 2, 2017 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Site Spotlight: Deer Lagoon Site: Deer Lagoon (306) Region: Whidbey Island Captain: Tom Vos Launched: August 2015 Crab Team was excited to scout Deer Lagoon, one of the first habitats we found that was a promising sampling site. Photo: Jeff Adams. Nimble...
by Emily Grason | May 2, 2017 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Creature Feature: Three-spined stickleback Species Name: Gasterosteus aculeatus Size: Typically up to 1.5″ (4 cm), but can be up to 3″ (8 cm) Distinguishing Features: “Cigar-shaped” fish with three dorsal spines and one pelvic spine. Defensive spines held erect when...
by P. Sean McDonald | May 2, 2017 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Photo: Sean McDonald. “Green” Crab: Just How Green is “Green”? If you have participated in any Crab Team training workshops, then you know full well that we don’t put much stock in color as a diagnostic characteristic for identifying crabs. Our ‘don’t use color’...
